Segregating pocket



-lfa EFE- A. HEss SEGREGATING POCKET Filed oct. 22; '1942'l ici-.1.

May 3,1945.

v lected for the usual purposes.

Patented May e, 1945 I UNITED STATES-PATENT OFFICE Aaron Hess, Lake Cono, N. J.

Application october 22,1942, serial Nt. 462,923

1 claim. "(oi. 21453) This invention relates to a pocket construction for garments, and more particularly relates to a type of pocket construction known as a change pocket.

The principal object of the invention is the production of'a pocket construction which is designed and adapted to hold coins of various denominations in such manner that the coins are A segregated from each other according to denomination, to theend that a coin or coins of a particular denomination or coins of diierent denominations may be readily and conveniently se- A further object is the provision of a pocket construction of the indicated character in conjunction with an ordinary pocket of a garment.

`The nature of the invention; and its distin-` guishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in con nection` with the which- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side View of a garment showing the pocket construction in conjunction with an ordinary pocket, a portion being broken `accompanying drawing, `in` the ordinary pocket I2"having a closing flap I3,

l of the garment I0.

'Ihe pocket construction I I consistsof a single piece of suitable fabric, such as canvas or the like, which is folded back on itself to provide side walls I4. A line of stitching I5 extends throughthe` walls I4 and forms a continuous seam to provide `a plurality of compartments or pockets i5, I1, I8 and I9, respectively, of various sizes arrangedside by side in a horizontal line and each pocket being open at the top. The pockets, however, are of substantially the same depth, but are of various sizes as to width. The pocket I6 is the largest; the pocket I1, the smallest; and

the pockets I8 and I9 are of substantially the same size, but somewhat larger than the pocket I1, and smaller than the pocket I6. The pook--` ets I6, I'I, I8 and I9 serveto contain coins of various denominations, namely, quarters, dimes,

nickels, and pennies, respectively. It will therel fore be understood thatv the pocket construction Il is one which is designed and adapted to hold coins of various denominations in` such manner ily and conveniently selected for the usual purposes.

The pocket construction II is one which may be advantageous incorporated in a garment in conjunction with an ordinary pocket, such as the pocket I2 of the coat Ill. The side walls I4 at the opposite ends are interposed between the side walls of the pocket I2 and are secured thereto by stitching 20.` The upper edges of the side walls I4 are folded down and seamedas at2I. The inner side wall I4 is tacked as at; 22 at spaced points `coincidental `with the vertical seams formed by the stitching I5 to the inner side Wall of the ordinary pocket I2. In this manner the segregating pocket I2 is incorporated in a manner in which the coins held in the various pockets I 6 to I9, inclusive, will be conveniently accessible.

While the pocket construction of the present invention has been described in conjunction `with an ordinary pocket ora coat, it is to be understood `that such pocket construction might be incorporated in any other garment, such as a vest and trousers- Iclaim: p

The combination with a garment having an ordinary pocket, of a pocketI construction within said ordinary pocket, comprising side walls of fabric, a` continuous line of stitching extendingv through said walls forming a seam to provide a plurality of pockets of various sizes arranged side by side in ahorizontal line and each of said pockets being open `at thetop, said seam having vertical portions,` and means at the tops of said verl tical seam portions respectively tacking the plurality of pockets at the subdivisions `thereof to the inner wall of the ordinary pocket. I

AARON nnss.` 

